The owner of the company says they're already accepting orders for the convertible at an $18K premium over whatever hardtop version you desire. It's not clear if the custom seats and new wheels are part of the soft cover package or not. But if you love Camaros and can't wait until GM decides to release the convertible mullet-mobile this could be the easiest way to part with your money.

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Specializing in convertible conversions, NCE will transform your hardtopped Camaro into a mullet flapping parade mobile in no time. And they'll do it now, so no pesky waiting until 2011 for your factory official soft top.

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The Camaro Convertible has never been fully threatened with extinction, like the Camaro Z28, but the particulars about the production time line have been a bit vague. Sadly, for fans, the Camaro Convertible's model year and calendar year will be one and the same. [Automotive News (subs req) via Edmunds Straightline]

The delay of the production Chevy Camaro by one month comes with a mixed-bag of Camaro news. The reason for the delay has not yet been clarified, but it's apparently not due to supplier delays or the high demand for the SS model. The previously delayed Camaro convertible, which was shelved without a specific production start, has been attached to the 2011 model year.

Other news has filtered out of the call as well, notably the real horsepower figures are 426 HP for the LS3 V8 in the Camaro SS and 400 HP in the L99-equipped Camaro. If you're in the market you'll be happy to know pricing discounts will be available from the get-go (why not just change the pricing?). Finally, if you've already placed your Camaro order, GM is expecting to have all 10,000 pre-orders completed by sometime in October.

We'll keep our eyes peeled for the official press release but, until then, talk amongst yourselves. Thanks to JS for the tip!

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Chrysler and GM’s decisions to respectively kill and delay the ultimate poser’s cars, convertible muscle cars were made for the same reason: money. The unibody Challenger is, unbelievably, not originally engineered to lose its top. So engineering a model capable of retaining its rigidity is, due to the financiapocalypse, now considered wayyy to expensive. Speaking to Motor Trend, a company insider described the Challenger convertible as, “dead as a doornail.”

Bankruptcy-imminent GM simply can’t afford to roll out its 2010 Chevy Camaro convertible, even though plans for it were built in from the beginning. It’ll need to wait until the company either secures a massive loan, gets bought by the Chinese or sees significant profits from other products that have already been postponed before it can afford to put the Camaro convertible into production.

All this leaves the 2010 Ford Mustang sitting pretty. In addition to the convertible, they’ll show glass roof and coupe versions in LA, all of which go on sale next year. [via MotorTrend]

Here we go again — first it was the 2010 Chevy Camaro coupe getting the official "leak" by Bob Lutz and Ed Peper, now they've gone and slipped out pictures of the drop-top. There's one shot of the 2010 Chevy Camaro Convertible up above and one more over at GM's little blog project via the link below. [via GM FastLane]